Apple’s Airplay iOS feature has been unlocked for 3rd-party apps

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One of the new features introduced with the release of iOS 4.2 was Airplay. This allowed wireless video streaming to occur between your Apple device (iPad, iPhone, iPod touch) and Apple TVs. The only problem was the feature was restricted to specific services such as the YouTube app.

That is no longer the case if you’re willing to jailbreak your device. A new Cydia Store offering, called AirVideoEnabler, allows video streaming from any application, even the Safari web browser. The proof is in the video below:

Proof that this could be done was posted on YouTube on Wednesday by Erica Sadun:

AirVideoEnabler just makes it simple for anyone to download and take advantage of this feature Apple decided to restrict.